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"Goodbye to all that. (Politics) I am turning into Jeremiah Johnson, a shunner."
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"I'd rather see you laying in a gutter with your head split open than to see you run like that."
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"When I was a kid, I saw an illegal dice game in the bathroom at Franklin Field."
-Matthew Groves, 2013, remembering the Penn Relays Carnival.
"Don't sit next to Balkey and Artie at a track meet...You'll end up talking about hockey for 3 hours."
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"The first 45 mile week I ever ran, I ran in the first 3 days at PSU- Thank you very much, Bruce Baden!"
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"If it takes longer than a paragraph, you don't have anything to say anyway."
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2018 Champions (-1)
Steve Brown Jr, Steve Brown '90, Brian Laird '89, David Baskwill '81
2017 Champions (-5) Mountain View Country Club
Bill Malchano '85, Doug Kent '80, Ken Brinker '69
2016 Champions (-2) Mountain View Country Club
Mike McClelland '16, Che Arosemena '90-something, Coach Kevin Kelly, Kevin Fuller '10
2015 Champions (-2) Mountain View Country Club
Curt Allison, Bill Whittaker '73, Brian Boyer '80, Todd Kletter '98.
2014 Champions (-3) Mountain View Country Club
Owen Dawson '11, Doug Kent '80, Artie Gilkes '91, Curt Allison
2013 Champions (-3) Mountain View Country Club
Rick Kleban '85, Robert Szeyller '60, Brian Fuller '09, Kevin Fuller '10
2012 Champions (-5) The Elks Club
Bill Malchano '85, Drew Hardyk, Brian Laird '89 and Steve Brown
2011 Champions (-8*) The Elks Club
Paul Mundy '85, Coach John Gondak, Clark Haley '85, Steve Shisler '86
2009 Champions (-6)
Jim Clelland '80, Brian Boyer '80, Paul Mundy '85, Gary Black '82 '84 '86
2008 Champions (-6) (Nick K photo)
Mike McCahill '83, Steve Balkey '88, Brian Laird '89 and Clark Haley '85 (not pictured, Bill Whittaker '73)
2007 Champions (-3)
Beth (Stever) Shisler '86, Clark Haley '85, Gary Black '82 '84 '86, Harry Smith '84
2006 Champions (-5)
Don Ziter '81, David Baskwill '81, Zeb Stewart '83, Robert Gifford '89
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2021: Steve Brown '89, Tom Brown '22, Steve Brown Jr., John Flaherty (-5) Mountain View Country Club
2020: John Gondak, Ian Smith, Harry Smith '83, David Baskwill '81 (-4) Mountain View Country Club div>
2016: Che Aresomena '90-something, Coach Kevin Kelly, Mike McClelland '16, Kevin Fuller '13 (-2) Mountain View Country Club
2015: Curt Allison, Bill Whittaker '73, Brian Boyer '80 and Todd Kletter '98 (-2) Mountain View Country Club
2014: Owen Dawson '11, Doug Kent '80, Artie Gilkes '97, Curt Allison (-3) Mountain View Country Club
2013: Rick Kleban '85, Robert Szeyller '60, Brian Fuller '09, Kevin Fuller '10 (-3) Mountain View Country Club
2012: Brian Laird '89, Drew Hardyk, Steve Brown '90, Bill Malchano '85 (-5) The Elks Club Course
2011: Paul Mundy '86, John Gondak, Clark Haley '85, Steve Shisler '86 (-8*) The Elks Club Course
2010: Nick K. '85, Drew Hardyk, Bradd DelMuto '01, Andrew Jenkins '00(-5) The Elks Club Course
2009: Brian Boyer '80, Jim Clelland '80, Gary Black '82 '84 '86, Paul Mundy '85 (-6) The Elks Club Course
2008: Clark Haley '85, Steve Balkey '88, Mike McCahill '83, Brian Laird '89/ Bill Whittaker '73(-6) The Elks Club Course
2007: Beth (Stever) Shisler '86, Harry Smith '84, Gary Black '82 '84 '86, Clark Haley '85 (-3) The Elks Club Course
2006: David Baskwill '81, Don Ziter '81, Zeb Stewart '83, Robert Gifford '89 (-5) Penn State White Course
2005: Don Ziter '81, Paul Mundy '85, Rob Boulware '86, Robert Gifford '89 (-5) Penn State White Course
2004: Mike McCahill '83, Rick Kanuck, Doug Scharsu, Clark Haley '85 (-5) Penn State White Course
2003: Harry Smith '84, Steve Balkey '88, Chris Herr '85, Tom Rapp '81 (-2) Penn State White Course
2002: Robert Gifford '89, Brian Laird '89, Clark Haley '85 (-3) Penn State Blue Course
2019: Tom Brown '22, Paul Mundy '86, Bob Gabel '81, David Baskwill '81 (-3) Mountain View Country Club
2018: Steve Brown '90, Steve Brown Jr., Brian Laird '89, David Baskwill '81 (-1) Mountain View Country Club
2017: Doug Kent '80, Bill Malchano '85, Ken Brinker, '69 (-5) Mountain View Country Club
2016: Che Aresomena '90-something, Coach Kevin Kelly, Mike McClelland '16, Kevin Fuller '13 (-2) Mountain View Country Club
2015: Curt Allison, Bill Whittaker '73, Brian Boyer '80 and Todd Kletter '98 (-2) Mountain View Country Club
2014: Owen Dawson '11, Doug Kent '80, Artie Gilkes '97, Curt Allison (-3) Mountain View Country Club
2013: Rick Kleban '85, Robert Szeyller '60, Brian Fuller '09, Kevin Fuller '10 (-3) Mountain View Country Club
2012: Brian Laird '89, Drew Hardyk, Steve Brown '90, Bill Malchano '85 (-5) The Elks Club Course
2011: Paul Mundy '86, John Gondak, Clark Haley '85, Steve Shisler '86 (-8*) The Elks Club Course
2010: Nick K. '85, Drew Hardyk, Bradd DelMuto '01, Andrew Jenkins '00(-5) The Elks Club Course
2009: Brian Boyer '80, Jim Clelland '80, Gary Black '82 '84 '86, Paul Mundy '85 (-6) The Elks Club Course
2008: Clark Haley '85, Steve Balkey '88, Mike McCahill '83, Brian Laird '89/ Bill Whittaker '73(-6) The Elks Club Course
2007: Beth (Stever) Shisler '86, Harry Smith '84, Gary Black '82 '84 '86, Clark Haley '85 (-3) The Elks Club Course
2006: David Baskwill '81, Don Ziter '81, Zeb Stewart '83, Robert Gifford '89 (-5) Penn State White Course
2005: Don Ziter '81, Paul Mundy '85, Rob Boulware '86, Robert Gifford '89 (-5) Penn State White Course
2004: Mike McCahill '83, Rick Kanuck, Doug Scharsu, Clark Haley '85 (-5) Penn State White Course
2003: Harry Smith '84, Steve Balkey '88, Chris Herr '85, Tom Rapp '81 (-2) Penn State White Course
2002: Robert Gifford '89, Brian Laird '89, Clark Haley '85 (-3) Penn State Blue Course
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